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Limbe Police arrest four suspected robbers

March 25, 2020

By Memory Chatonda, MANA Limbe Police have arrested four men in connection to a series of robberies and rape cases who used to entice ladies to board their vehicle as taxi during evening hours. Limbe Police Station deputy public relations officer, Widson Nhlane confirmed on Tuesday the arrest of the four, saying they intensified patrols after receiving complaints from victims. “They would drive them to Machinjiri Area 10 Forest Reserve where they were assaulted, raped and robbed of cash…

Composer of 1972 AFCON anthem Manu Dibango succumbs to Coronavirus

March 25, 2020

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By Angu Lesley & Melody Chironda, allAfrica.com Veteran jazz singer and saxophone player, Emmanuel N’djoke Dibango, aka Manu Dibango, who composed the 1972 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) anthem died in France on Tuesday, aged 86 after contracting the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease. Close associates had last week confirmed that he had been taken to a French hospital for an unrelated illness when he was diagnosed of COVID-19. Dibango becomes one of the first worldwide stars to die as a result…

Africa fight on Coronavirus: Time to invest in universal public health

March 25, 2020

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Opinion by Isabel Ortiz & Thomas Stubbs, allAfrica.com Austerity policies pushed by international financial institutions have weakened public health systems, despite current financial support packages, condemning many people to die. As health systems of East Asia, Europe and the Americas buckle under the strain of Coronavirus, developing countries are expecting an even higher human toll. Decades of austerity promoted by international financial institutions (IFIs) such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and regional development banks have…

Planting trees in Africa will not solve the climate crisis

March 25, 2020

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Analysis by Tony Carnie, allAfrica.com South African scientists say African governments have been misled into massive tree planting schemes by the Global North misreading Africa’s grasslands. Megafires and drought beckon. Trees are good. Trees are green. Trees suck up carbon dioxide. Ergo: plant as many trees as possible and you solve the world’s environmental and climate change challenges almost overnight. Right? Not at all, say a growing number of bewildered African ecologists. They worry that Global North-led mass tree…

COSAFA to initiate a two-month COVID-19 awareness campaign

March 25, 2020

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Maravi Express Confederation of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA), has announced that it will initiate a two-month Coronavirus (COVID-19 awareness campaign that will offer practical, potentially life-saving advice to citizens across in the wake of the deadly epidemic. A statement from COSAFA Media says this will include messages of support from football personalities to drive the campaign initiatives, which is to try and reach as many fans as possible to educate them as to the dos and don’ts around…

Mnangagwa bans beerhall drinking as COVID-19 measures

March 25, 2020

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By Idah Mhetu, New Zimbabwe On top of other measures to counter the spread of Coronavirus (COVID19) which include banning on “inessential travel” outside the country by locals, Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has issued a further ban of alcohol inside bars. Zimbabwe has recorded two positive cases of the virus which claimed its first victim on Monday in Zororo Makamba, son to top businessman and politician James Makamba. Addressing the media at State House Monday evening, Mnangagwa also…

Japan Olympic Games rescheduled to a date beyond 2020

March 24, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira In the present circumstances and based on the information provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is “accelerating”, the International Olympic Committee IOC has announced that Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo must be rescheduled to a date beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021. A joint statement from IOC and the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee, including the Prime Minister of Japan, says the decision is to…

MultiChoice expands information and entertainment offering and reach

March 24, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira In observance of the preventive measures following the Coronavirus (COVID-19), which the World Health Organisation has declared as a pandemic, many countries across the African continent — including Malawi — are encouraged to adjust to new ways of living and working that includes self isolation and quarantine in homes. In cognizance of this development that many are required to spend more time at home with their loved ones, MultiChoice Group says it remains committed to supporting…

MEC releases phases for voter registration

March 24, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has released phases for the voter registration for the fresh presidential election which shall run from April 4 to June in four phases of 14 days each with three days for transition. MEC launched the fresh elections process on Monday as determined by the February 3 judgement of the High Court sitting as a Constitutional Court and the polling day has been set for July 2. The Constitutional Court set 150 days…

Government bans UTM, MCP from their intended Coronavirus sensitization tours

March 24, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira The Malawi Government has ordered UTM Party and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) to cancel the Coronavirus (COVID-19) sensitization tours which the two parties that are in the fresh presidential election alliance intend to carry out. Through the Ministry of Information, Civic Education & Information Technology, the government says the two parties should give room to the Ministry of Health officials to take lead because they have been specially trained for it. “Government would like to remind…